Art for life
“Single White Bloom” is for the Flower a Day Project.
The flower was painted in oils in my 4 x 4 sketchbook. There’s something personal and maybe even romantic about a single stem. I think I like them better than a bouquet not just for a painting but on my kitchen table as well.
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Here is a picture of step three in the process to complete the little black angel painting. In step 2 the little girl’s arms are to her side which was done to make it easier for me to go back and change to the position I wanted them in. Since I wasn’t certain I practiced first on my scratch board shown in front of the large painting.
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I tend to get hyper and over zealous about my art from time to time and think an idea is a good one so I go ahead and do it only to discover it wasn’t’ a good idea at all. The scratch board allows me to make mistakes without royally messing up the main project. If I see it’s a good idea I can stop working on the scratch board and transfer the idea to the larger painting having first practiced the strokes and the idea.
I mentioned in a different entry that I also try working digitally. Below is an example of the scratch board with digital alterations that give me ideas for step four.
So, this is step three. Step four will show the angel’s arms exactly as shown on the scratch board. I hope to have facial features in place and a few more details on her clothing.
Keep watching, she’ll be finished soon.
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The original sketch was done in watercolor but this painting done on 9 x 12 acid free paper is mixed media. In addition to heavily pigmented oil paints I used ink, silk flowers and white lace giving the painting a real life touch. Each silk flower is dotted with metallic gold paint, each white bubble is circled with blue metallic paint.
You’ll see the stems glow in three layers of green on top of a swirling blue background. The tea pot itself is gold, brown and copper tones with a large pink and white flower. A closer look at the lace reveals bits of purple, pink and different shades of blue. This is a homey painting that would fit nicely in your kitchen or dining area.
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More details: Tea at My House is sealed to help preserve the vibrancy of the paint. It is signed and dated on the front. There’s a white boarder which allows for framing making the image size a full 8 x 10 inches.
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A mix of Prussian blue, titanium white, sap green and yellow ochre meet peacefully to create an abstract ocean view.
Ocean Four is the last of it’s series and is painted on an unused fabric softener sheet to create an original pattern which compliments the earth tones.
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At first I was going to resize the oak board but I decided against that but instead continue on with her standing tall. Later I’ll add a flower in her left hand and re-do her facial features. I want to keep the painting simple with an aged appearance. When viewed in person she looks almost like a painting on the side of an historical building. The painting itself has an aged appearance which I really like..
Ironically while working on her today I watched the same movie which inspired the original drawing. I’d forgotten what I was watching when I drew her and forgotten where it was I heard the quote that stayed in my head since then.
At this time she is untitled but by the time she’s dry and ready to be purchased she will have a name. All progress for this piece can be seen by following me on Flickr.
Although this is an oil painting I’ve also relied upon digital programs to assist with planning steps for her completion. After scanning a photo I can open that photo in my art program and add different things to see if I like it. I also have a smaller canvas I’m working on to see what those changes would look like before I actually put them on the main project.
Say for some reason I decided it would be a good idea to fill the background with roses or something, which I won’t do but for the sake of argument lets say I want to do that. I’d first do it in photoshop. If I liked it I’d do a few on the small canvas then make the final decision from there. This allows me to get creative without messing up the main project. Most of the time I can just paint and not worry about it but sometimes I get this thought in my head, “Oh you know what would be really cool to do?” Then when I do it I’m disappointed. Photoshop and the small canvas have saved my projects more than once. Now you know why it takes so long to finish paintings. 
Hopefully this painting will be completed within the next two weeks and find herself in my Etsy shop.
Medium: Oil on 4 x 2 oak board.
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